December, 2018

Two operas, one in Hong Kong, the other in Moscow, seemed to speak on current themes. I had the good luck this year of seeing two operas I hadn’t seen before (hit exit button if you don’t like opera). [...]

Are the US and China heading for a Pearl Harbor moment? Back to the Future? Pearl Harbor, 1941 Before visiting Shanghai last summer, I decided to prepare myself through some old novels about pre-Communist [...]